Famous quotes containing the words buy and/or bet:
“Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Peter: I’ll bet there isn’t a good piggy-back rider in your whole family. I never knew a rich man yet who could piggy-back ride.
Ellie: You’re prejudiced.
Peter: You show me a good piggy-backer and I’ll show you a real human. Now you take Abraham Lincoln, for instance. A natural piggy-backer.”
—Robert Riskin (1897–1955)